Cardigan Mountain School - Blaze Yearbook (Canaan, NH)

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WA T ERFR 0 Waterfront this year has been a healthy and whole- some activity in the great out of doors. We recently ac- quired flve new aluminum canoes and two new rowboats which are very rugged and prepared to stand up against rough handling. A new boathouse has been constructed out of lumber cut by Mr. Brayman's forestry crew. It is equipped with a stove to warm hockey specta- tors and contains all the water craft. Stained a dark green with two windows over-look- ing the lake and locked with a sturdy padlock, it produces a proud sight. This year we were instruct- ed in the use and handling of canoes under the eyes of our supervisors, Mr. Wakely and Mr. Linn. Brush was cleared, trees were cut, and the old rowboats were burned. A lot was accomplished partly through work of the students but mostly by industrious masters who led us on. Fall :Z Front: Doane, Fairbanks, Treadway, Stevenson, Yameen, Moore, Mascitis, Cook, Sig- man. Back: Mr. Linn, Wojtul, Turner, Christy, Cheney, Ohta, Cox, Clemence, Reese, Grifhn, Sgro, Mr. Wakely, Director. In the early morning breeze three new sailboats drifted up and down, tense and ready for action. The waves splashed against their tough fiber glass hulls and the dinghys listed from side to side. The school had just acquired three new n A ia-L ff Sp1'z'n g .Il- ...I nf ' 'iii' 5 Nz 79 Front: Mr. Linn, Everest, Brown, Sigman, Cox, Lackey, Bennett, van Esselstyn, Jagoda, Fairbanks, Doty, Franchot, Treadway, Hart, Mr. Thompson. Back: Rowe, Benson, Harris, Schreuder, Meynell, Barnes, Miller, Stowe, Cassel, Dudley, Sadinsky, Cassel- man, McLean, Cochrane, Rice, Mr. Wakely, Director. Tech dinghys, designed by M.I.T. and which would later prove very interesting and enjoyable. These instances are looked back upon with fond recol- lections whether it was the time gorilla Albee swung through the treetops or Mr. Thompson's sailboat tipped over. The season on the most part was very enjoyable with exceptionally good weather. Swimming and fishing trips were also held, the swimming to the Claremont pool until the ice melted on the lake Ceven then some people didn't wait for it to meltj and fish- ing in neighboring well- stocked brooks. During this year a new boathouse was erected at the waterfront which is large enough to store canoes, boats and warm cold hockey players' toes. Summing it up, we all had a very good season and I be- lieve much credit is due to our excellent instructors, Mr. Wakely, Mr. Linn and Mr. Thompson.

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FOREX T R Y This year at Forestry we worked most of the time at our plots which are located behind Hinman Hall near the water. They are about a quar- ter acre in size. At the plots we cut down trees and cleaned the brush and piled it. Mr. Brayman checked on us. We cut paths so the tennis courts could be built. We cut and trimmed the trees behind the headmaster's house. Some of the boys with Mr. Brayman hauled logs. We cut the power line for the ski tow. -At first we cut a trail about five feet wide so we could cut the trail straight. It was quite a job and we had a time limit on it. Quite a few big trees had to be Cut down with the power saw. A big tree first had to be limbed. 1 Fall Left to right: Van Esselstyn, Talbert, Randall, McLean, Anderson, Weeks, Mr. Bray- man, Cochrane, Penta. Spring Front: Campbell, Randall, Davenport, Day, Talbert. Middle: Mr. Brayman, Weeks, Ball, Whittelsey, Sessel, Camm. Back: Olson, Comins, Bolton. This year in forestry we could not get into the woods early because of the snow. So, we helped Campus Improve- ment tear down some old buildings behind S t e v e n s House. When the snow finally melted, we got into the woods in two groups. One worked in our individual forest plots be- side the lake. The other group continued work behind Stev- ens' House and also worked b e h i n d the Headmaster's House thinning the forest there. The logs we made on this job were dragged down to the log loading platform near Stevens House. Mr. Bray- man deserves a lot of credit for organizing and supervis- ing our very successful Spring group.

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CAJVIPUS' IMPROVEJIIEN T The motto of Campus Im- provement, Divided we cave, united we slave, has a little more to it than you might normally think. Before we joined C.I. we were just a bunch of fun-loving boys who liked to hack. After we left C.I. we still liked to hack, but somewhere in the middle we did the back-breaking labor of which you soon will hear. Under the leadership of our dexterous Doctor of Science, Mr. Noldt, we used our hack- ing qualities to hack down Mr. Clancy's barn and num- erous other structures. We hacked down a bank of earth for a rifle-range back stop. We even hacked some dirt over the paper and rags we didn't pick up near one of the demolished buildings. Now don't get the idea that we didn't get anything out of this activity. We observed fre- quently that work could be fun and after all, what of those marshmallow roasts over Fall Left to 1-ight: Day, Ward, Sharrock, Campbell, Krohne, Pannaci, Filios, Rice, Cassel, D. Moore, Freeman. Spring .. .Rx ' , - -'J' ..e-. Left to right: Ward, Martin, Mr. Noldt, Sharrock, Pannaci, Krohne, Filios. the burning beams and tim- bers. And what of that look on Mr. Noldt's face when the building almost fell down from under him. Also, we got a sense of self-accomplishment that might be with us for many years. E Pluribus Uran- ium! This Spring Campus Im- provement cleared all the wood from the shed that For- estry and Campus Improve- ment took down in the early spring. We also took down a part of the shed between Stevens House and the barn. It took two days to burn all the wood from both sheds. We had a few other days to do something so we cleaned up the woodshop. We cleaned all the tools and oiled them so they would not rust before next fall. In the process we found six baby mice in a desk drawer. ' On days before the soft- ball games we rolled and marked the field. When there were holes in it we filled them in. We spent a day fig- uring out how to put the new baseball diamond on the new athletic field. All together Campus Improvement had a good spring.